It’s time I did something with this stuff. It was just an experiment. But I kind of like it. It’s also the first thing I’ve made using bog-oak, a timber I’ve been wanting to use for aeons.
Laying out the bits I have, as pictured above, gave me an idea. I’ve got enough of this pattern to make a small near square box. With the pattern on all faces except the bottom. That’s fine.
The eagle-eyed may spot that one slice was considerably thicker than the others. So I set up a jig – see above – to allow me to slice it in two.
In total I now have five, roughly square, pieces of this pattern. Each made from two smaller rectangles, glued (onto new veneer backers) side by side.
There were a few missing bits, here and there. Particularly in the fifth and final piece. So I got bits from the leftovers, and filled in any gaps. and plopped a bottle over the final section, to keep it down a the glue sets.
I’d like to do a much better neater and more accurate version of this pattern, some time soon. But the kooky irregularity of this lot is, I think, its charm.